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27 lines
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Markdown
## Beware of ##
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"Be on guard against"
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## who desire to walk in long robes ##
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Long robes would show that they were important. This can be translated as "who like to walk around wearing their important robes."
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## they also devour widows' houses ##
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"they also eat up widows' houses". This is a metaphor that means "they also take away from widows all their possessions." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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## houses ##
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The word "houses" here refers to all their possessions. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])
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## pretentiously make long prayers ##
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"they pretend to be righteous and make long prayers" or "they make long prayers so that people will see them"
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## pretentiously ##
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"so that others will think that they are something they are not" or "so that others will think that they are better than they are"
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## These will receive greater condemnation ##
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This can be translated as "They will receive greater condemnation than others" or "God will punish them more severely than others." |